Pawan Singh wrote on X: “I had promised my mother that I will contest this Lok Sabha election and I have decided to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Karakat Bihar. Hail mother Goddess."

There will be a triangular contest in Karakat assembly constituency. The NDA has fielded Rashtriya Lok Morcha president Upendra Kushwaha, while the CPI-ML has fielded Rajaram Singh as the grand alliance candidate. Both the leaders are from Kushwaha community while Pawan Singh is from an upper caste family.

Earlier, BJP had given ticket to Pawan Singh to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Asansol in West Bengal, which the actor had rejected.

BJP S.S. Ahluwalia has been given ticket to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Asansol.